The Islamic State branch in Somalia Abnaa Ul Calipha or the Islamic State Somalia faction had threatened Al-Shabaab through the group’s Al Naba newsletter, sometimes in November over what it termed as an aggression and direct threat by Al-Shabaab against its foot soldiers.

On December 16, through its media, the Islamic State released a video that provided visual evidence of its soldiers fighting Al-Shabaab in the northern region of Puntland, Somalia.

The video shows a pile of killed bodies of men presumably Al-Shabaab
fighters.

Rivalry between Al-Shabaab broke when a small faction of Al-Shabaab fighters
denounced the group under the leadership of Abdikadir Muumin to form the
Islamic State Somalia.

Although the Islamic State in Somalia does not operate a full-scale insurgency like Al-Shabaab and its foot soldiers are far outnumbered by the Al-Qaeda branch’s fighters, the Islamic State Somalia branch successfully followed through its warning by killing over a dozen Al-Shabaab militants to claim its fast establishment in northern Somalia region.

Latest military report from Somalia indicates that U.S.forces conducted two precision airstrikes targeting Al-Shabaab militants in vicinity of Gandarshe, Somalia. According to U.S. Africa Command press release, U.S. Forces conducted…

Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State Somalia continue with their rivalry battles with Al-Shabaab faction killing it own fighter in militant-held Jilib district in Middle Jubba for allegedly having links with…

The security forces in the Southwest capital of Baidoa successfully intercepted and confiscated a vehicle carrying explosives on Tuesday. Police recovered three hand grenades hidden inside a sack with grains…

National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in an overnight operation and destroyed Al-Shabaab terrorist militants’ network in Awdhegle, one of the terror group’s remaining stronghold locality in Lower Shabelle region.…